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Maryland Congressman Says Talking About His Son's Suicide Saved His Own Life Maryland Congressman Says Talking About His Son's Suicide Saved His Own Life
Maryland Congressman Says Talking About His Son's Suicide Saved His Own Life Jamie Raskin is opening up about his son's suicide. In a recent interview with "People" magazine, the Congressman said writing his new memoir saved his own life. The 59-year-old Democrat details a "life-altering" first few weeks in January 2021, where he had to face down a mob of angry Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol -- all while dealing with the loss of his 25-year-old son Tommy. "It probably would have been the end of my life had I not been able to talk about it," Raskin tells the magazine. Tommy Raskin was a second-year student at Harvard Law School, who took his own life o…